Collective WorshipPolicy

Like Our Lady, we live wisely, think deeply and love generously in Christ.

Mission Statement: Like Our Lady, we live wisely, think deeply and love generously in Christ

Policy Formation and Consultation Period

This policy was written by the RE Co-ordinator in accordance with the

guidelines set out by Liverpool Archdiocese.

This policy is reviewed on an annual basis.

Background Information:

Our Lady of Good Help Primary School has 150 boys and girls, aged 4-11

on roll who come from the residential area of Wavertree and its

surrounding areas. Within each year group there are identified pupils

with special educational needs.

OVERVIEWThe law requires all schools to provide a daily, collective act of worship

that is on most occasions wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian nature.

It need not be held at the same time each day .In this school we will

meet the requirements of the law in full. Where parents request it, their

children will be withdrawn from the collective worship and alternative

arrangements will be made for them.

OBJECTIVES

1. Each day all children will have the opportunity to participate in an

occasion of worship and reflection which is in line with our shared

Catholic faith and Gospel values.

2. A variety of different opportunities will be used to meet our statutory

duty.

3. Strong links will be made between spiritual, moral, social and cultural

education and religious education.

4. Collective worship will contribute to pupils’ experience of awe and

wonder.

5. A strong moral, reflective and social ethos will be created for worship

enabling children to enjoy music, singing and celebration.

6. Opportunities will exist throughout the year whereby our worship will

be used to help children understand and experience the meaning of

great religious festivals and holy days.

7. Collective worship will contribute to our school’s community cohesion

and will promote children’s spiritual, social, intellectual and moral

development. They will allow our children to develop qualities like

tolerance and understanding of other faiths and cultures.

STRATEGIES

1. The school will meet collectively to worship on a Monday and a Friday

through a whole school assembly and, on other occasions in different

groupings.

2. On other occasions worship will be held in classrooms at appropriate

times during the day and will be led by class teachers. These will be on

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

3. The children will have an opportunity say School Prayers throughout

the day. These will consist of a Morning Prayer, Grace Before Meals,

Grace After Meals, and an End of Day Prayer.

4. Children will learn some well-known prayers and hymns and these will

be used in worship.

5. Children will be given opportunities both to participate in worship and

to lead worship.

6. On at least one occasion during the year, the parents from each class

will be invited to participate in collective worship with the school known

as the family assembly.

7. Occasionally, visitors and guests will be brought in to address the

children and, where appropriate, lead acts of worship.

8. On special occasions, worship will be linked to religious and other

festivals such as Christmas and Easter in line with our Catholic/Christian

faith.

9. At Our Lady of Good Help staff and governors will liaise with the

Liverpool Archdiocese to keep updated with training needs and/or

developing Ecumenical matters which may affect our work in this area.

OUTCOMES

That the children of Our Lady of Good Help will be offered excellent

opportunities to experience enjoy and participate in a variety of different

kinds of acts of worship. They will have the opportunity to experience an

ethos conducive to spiritual development through prayer and reflection.

They will learn to develop positive attitudes to worship and worshiping

communities. Through collective worship learners will grow in spirituality

and experience awe and wonder. Each day the spiritual aim of our

mission statement will be delivered through collective worship so that

the children experience first-hand how like Our Lady they can, “live

wisely, think deeply and love generously in Christ.”